Senior Engineering Manager- Frontend

Key Responsibilities

Lead, mentor & grow a team of frontend engineers : set clear career paths, provide regular coaching, conduct performance reviews.

Architect & design robust, scalable, maintainable frontend systems (web applications, dashboards, etc.).

Ensure high standards of code quality, best practices for architecture, component design, UI / UX, test coverage, performance, accessibility.

Ownership of frontend tech stack decisions (frameworks, libraries, patterns) & ensuring consistency across teams.

Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, UX / Design, Backend, QA, DevOps to plan, estimate, prioritize, and deliver features.

Drive implementation of workflows involving complex state management, real‑time / high interactivity, responsive frontends.

Oversee delivery from design through deployment : code, reviews, optimization, debugging, performance tuning.

Establish and enforce best practices : CI / CD pipelines, automated testing, UI performance metrics, front‑end security.

Handle trade‑offs between quick delivery and long‑term maintainability.

Proactively identify tech debt, refactoring opportunities, and plan for evolutionary architecture improvements.

Monitor and measure performance (e.g. page load, rendering, bundle size, resource usage) and ensure frontend stays performant even under scale.

Stay current with frontend technologies, tools, web standards and push adoption of improvements.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

8‑13+ years of relevant frontend engineering experience, with at least 3‑5 years in a leadership / management role. (For Senior EM, could even be more depending on scope.)

Strong hands‑on experience with frontend frameworks / libraries—especially React.js / Redux , maybe React Native.

Deep understanding of HTML, CSS / SASS / LESS, modern JS (ES6+ / TypeScript), DOM, responsive design, cross‑browser compatibility.

Experience with performance optimizations : bundle splitting, lazy loading, caching, rendering performance, network optimization.

Good knowledge of REST / HTTP APIs (and optionally GraphQL) and integrating with backend services.

Experience with front‑end testing frameworks (unit, integration, E2E), version control (Git), code review practices.

Strong communication skills : able to articulate tech decisions, trade‑offs, and document architectural choices.

Ability to operate in ambiguity / fast‑paced environments, manage multiple stakeholders, adjust to evolving requirements.